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M. M. ROBERTS.

GATE.

NOl 347,740. PatentediAug. 17, 1886.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION M. ROBERTS, OF NORRIS CITY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACOBE. RAMSEY, OF SAME PLACE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 347,740, dated August 17, 1886.

Application sied March 1s, wsa serial 110.195,710. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, MARION M. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norris City, in the county of XVhite and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figurelof the drawings is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection on linexnFig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional detail. Figs. 4. and 5 are detail sectional views. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lever W.

My invention has relation to farm-gates; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofv parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed ont in the claim.

Referring by letter to 'the accompanying drawings,A is a double heel-post which is composed of two similar parts inclining from the ground upwardly. The post A is provided at its upper end with a horizontal arm, C, which extends transversely to the line of the gate and is secured in place byl mortises, tenons,and pins, after the usual manner of framing timbers.

D designates the latch-post, and E is a guidepost located at a distance about equal to the length of the sliding or rolling gate F to the rear of post A. The longer rail or bar, G, of the gate extends from between the front battens or vertical rails, H H', of the gate back through the interspace B of the post A, and through a staple, I, on the face of the guide post E. This longer rail, G, is the guide-rail of the gate, and .works between friction-rolls K L, journaled above itand below it in the post A.

A double crank, M, is journaled in bearings N N', secured to the rear edges of the arms of the post A, and the arms O O of this double crank M are connected by rods P P to the inner ends of the shitting-levers Q Q by hooks R and eyes S. The shifting-levers Q Q' are ful- 5o cru med to the horizontal transverse arm (l, and are provided at their outer or power ends with link-rods T U, having rings or handles V V', by which the gate can be operated to roll it back and forth, to open and close it, by the person desiring to operate it without his being required to dismonnt, if on horseback, or alight, if `in a wagon or other vehicle, for the reason that the top rail or bar of the gate isahinged or jointed bar,V, the rear half, w, 6o of said top rail being rigidly connected at its rear end to the double crank M. The front half or section, W2, of said top rail being pivoted between downwardlybent bifurcated arms YY at the front end of the rear section. The forward section,VV2, is pivoted at its front end between the upper ends of the front battens or vertical rails,H H. When the gate is cl0sed,thebifurcated arms YY of theleverV, which serves as a latch or locking-lever, hold 7o the gate closed, and when the said arms engage the top rail, E, the gate cannot be rolled open without raising this locking-latch. It will be seen that by having the forked end of the lock-bar stride the top rail of the gate the 7 5 said lock-joint will be guarded from injury or breakage bylateral engagement-such, for instance, as might result from the rubbing of animals against the gate. I therefore attach importance to the employment of this fork at 8o the joint.

To close the gate it is only necessary to push up on either of the link-rods T, and the gate will roll or slide to the shut position. Two of j the horizontal rails of the gate project beyond 8 5 the front battens, as at X, and enter mortises Y2 in the inner face of the latch-post,to prevent the gate from being pushed out of place when closed by stock running against it.

The double crank is provided with two arms, 9o a a', between which the rear end of the rear half of the upper gate-rail is securely bolted, the upper and lower edges of said rail being in contact with said arms a a,said arms being secured to the rear end of said half rail by bolts @,passed into the edges of said rail from above and below. The friction-rolls render it comparatively easy to open and elose a gate of this construe tion, owing to the ample leverage that is provided,whi1e at the same time,unless the levers are used, the lock will hold the gate securely closed.

I ani aware that it is not new to hinge the top rail of a gate and carry from the same operating cords or levers, whereby the said top or hinged rail may serve as a loek-bar for the gate, and therefore do not claim sneh devices, when broadly considered.

Having described this invention, what I elain1,a11d desire to seenre by Letters Patent, 1s-

'lhe combination, in a gate, of the double post, the crank journaled therein, the hinged loekbar above the gate, having the forward end of its front section pivoted to the gate, the forward end of its rear branch bifnreated and turned downwardly to engage the gate, and its opposite end secured to the said crank, and the pivoted levers and rods connecting the Same with the arms of the crank.

In testimony whereof I afix my signatnrein presence of two witnesses.

MARION M. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

THERON XV. Honns, MARION N. THOMPSON. 

